> > why not just put it in a loop and block on lbolt? > > (or call panic) > > Because you shouldn't panic unless there's no alternative. Panicking > on resource starvation is just totally lame.
We haven't used up the kernel name space yet. This sort of fundamental change should be enabled by a new flag and then added when handled. Changing things to return NULL pointers in the kernel where they never were before is equally lame. Without the appropriate work you're just pushing the panic off to a hard to find location. Peter -- Peter Dufault ([email protected]) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval To Unsubscribe: send mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
